Improvement in snap-hooks



CliId www To all whom itmygconcerm v Be it known that I, AsAHEn A. HoTCHKIss, of Sharon, in the county of Litchield and State of Conuectcut,` have inventeda new and `useful Improvement in Snap-Hooks,` of `'which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,` reference being had to tlieliaccompanying drawing forming a part` of this specification. i i I This invention consists in `a novel' construction oi' andmode of applying and securing. the spring to a `snap-hook, whereby greater strength and durability aiiddess liabilityT toi displacement are`obtained.`

fIn the accompl g lrau-"in`; ,r which illustrates my inventionv i Figure 1 is a froi Figure 2, aback or rear rien' Figure 3, a side view p y Figure 4 a central longitudinal section 5 and Figure 5 is atranlsverse section, taken atthe line :v 11:,` ing. 3. i

Similar. letters of reference indicate corresponding n parts in all "the figure A is the hook,` const manner'.

B is thespring, nd I G is the oollar,`\ vl1i`eh secures the spring in the hook.

edoi Iwire in the `usual.

of the shank of. the hook,` passes yover thefront collar C and through theloopofthelioolI,a11dsclamped `between -the back Loi the shank l of the hook and the collarh y i. y 1' i f YIhe end ofthe "spring B, p back of the shank of the h lr passes between the a l the collar G, is in*- AsAIInL A. rIoTCIIKIss, or SHARON, CONNECTICUT.

` The spring B, instead of `beinglfastened onthe face pose herein set forth.

@anni dimite, l

" Letters Patent No. 108,024, dated October 4, 1870. I

IMPRovi-:MENT IN sNAP-HoioKs.

" The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and 'making part of the same.

dented to iit into the recess between the Wires of the The collarvi() is also indented to iit into the indentation in the `spring B, and is securely clamped in the `shank ofthe hook, and the indented end of the spring is firmly held between them.

' v The indentation in the end ofthe spring, fittingbetween the indentationin the collar and the recess in the hook, secures the spring from lateral displaeei I ment. i

The collar C is extended on its face or front side` spring to a snap-book, I get'a spring with'nearly twice` as much active length as when it is clamped against the face of the hook, and amv thereby enabled to use stouter steel than was formerly used for such spring1 thereby obtaining great-er strength and durability.

That I claim as my invent-ion, aud'desire to secure byLetters Patent, is`

1. lhe spring B, passing over the front of the collur C` and through the loop of the hook, and clamped on vthe back of the shank of the hook by said collar, substantially as lierein shown and described.

2. The guards o c, formed on .the collar 0,extendingabove the bottom of the loop7 as and for the pur- ASAHEL A. HOTGHKISS. Witnesses:

- G. M. SMITH.

V RICHARD SMITH. 

